'Deceitful' in the Bible

“Simeon and Levi are brothers [equally headstrong, deceitful, vindictive, and cruel];Their swords are weapons of violence and revenge.

His people have been unfaithful to him; they have not acted like his children -- this is their sin. They are a perverse and deceitful generation.

Israel has sinned. They broke my covenant that I commanded them by taking some of the things that had been turned over to destruction. They have stolen, have been deceitful, and have stored what they stole among their own belongings.

For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it?

“Will you speak what is unjust for God,And speak what is deceitful for Him?

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

But as for the wicked, they do not speak truth at all. Inside them there is only wickedness. Their throat is an open grave, on their tongue is deceitful flattery.

A Prayer of David.Hear a just cause, O Lord, give heed to my cry;Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.

I do not sit with deceitful men,Nor will I go with pretenders.

Keep your tongue from eviland your lips from deceitful speech.

Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me;do not let those who hate me without causelook at me maliciously.

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Those who hate me without causeare more numerous than the hairs of my head;my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,are powerful.Though I did not steal, I must repay.

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

A deceitful person will not sit in my house; A liar will not remain in my presence.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

I said in my alarm,“All men are liars.”

Your precepts give me discernment. Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.

For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions.

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

What will He give you,and what will He do to you,you deceitful tongue?

Put away from you a deceitful mouthAnd put devious speech far from you.

A worthless man, an evil man, goes around with {deceitful speech}.

Whoever conceals hatred is a deceitful liar, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

The truth teller speaks what is right, but the false witness speaks what is deceitful.

Deceitful speech is reprehensible to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

A deceitful man stirs dissension, and anyone who gossips separates friends.

Appropriate speech is inconsistent with the fool; how much more are deceitful statements with a prince!

One with a twisted mind will not succeed,and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.

Better a poor man who lives with integritythan someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

Differing weights are detestable and offensive to the Lord,And fraudulent scales are not good.

Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.Give me neither poverty nor wealth;feed me with the food I need.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

For you say, "We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word."

For they are a rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to hear the LORD's instruction.

Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions from God”;And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us what is right!Speak to us pleasant things and smooth words,Prophesy [deceitful] illusions [that we will enjoy].

The destroyer is as good as dead, you who have not been destroyed! The deceitful one is as good as dead, the one whom others have not deceived! When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed; when you finish deceiving, others will deceive you!

You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth.

They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.

Do not trust deceitful words, chanting: This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.

But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help.

How can you say, "We're wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,' when, in fact, the deceitful pen of the scribe has made it into something that deceives.

They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me," says the Lord.

Every man is stupid, devoid of knowledge;Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols;For his molten images are deceitful,And there is no breath in them.

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook , as waters that fail?

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Hear this, I am against the prophets,” says the Lord, “who use their [own deceitful] tongues and say, ‘Thus says the Lord.’

All mankind is stupid, devoid of knowledge;Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,For his molten images are deceitful,And there is no breath in them.

“And all the inhabitants of Egypt will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord,Because they have been [only] a staff made of [fragile] reeds to the house of Israel.

If you don't inform me of the dream, there is only one thing that is going to happen to you. For you have agreed among yourselves to report to me something false and deceitful until such time as things might change. So tell me the dream, and I will have confidence that you can disclose its interpretation."

Toward the end of their rule, when rebellious acts are complete, a rash and deceitful king will arise.

They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Their heart is divided (faithless);Now they must bear their guilt and punishment.The Lord will break down [the horns of] their altars;He will destroy their idolatrous pillars.

"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud.

Therefore give your gifts to Moresheth-gath; that is, the houses of Achzib as a deceitful symbol to the kings of Israel.

Are there still wicked treasures in the house of the wicked, along with deceitful and abominable measuring standards?

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Woe to the city of blood,totally deceitful,full of plunder,never without prey.

Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God's laws.

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon [money, possessions, fame, status, or whatever is valued more than the Lord].

As for what was sown among the thorn bushes, this is the person who hears the word, but the worries of life and the deceitful pleasures of wealth choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.

but the worries of life, the deceitful pleasures of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.

And I tell you [learn from this], make friends for yourselves [for eternity] by means of the wealth of unrighteousness [that is, use material resources as a way to further the work of God], so that when it runs out, they will welcome you into the eternal dwellings.

Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of earthly wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?

As long as it remained [unsold], did it not remain your own [to do with as you pleased]? And after it was sold, was the money not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this act [of hypocrisy and deceit] in your heart? You have not [simply] lied to people, but to God.”

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

For there are many that spurn authority--idle, talkative and deceitful persons, who, for the most part, are adherents of the Circumcision.

On the contrary encourage one another, day after day, so long as To-day lasts, so that not one of you may be hardened through the deceitful character of sin.

He never sinned, and no deceitful language was ever heard from His mouth.

For "He who wishes to be well-satisfied with life and see happy days-- let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from deceitful words;

suffering harm as punishment for their wrongdoing. They take pleasure in wild parties in broad daylight. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceitful pleasures while they eat with you.